Pigeon Summer

Paperback

Times are hard but a young girl clings to her dreams in this powerful and poignant historical novel.

It is 1930, the height of the Great Depression. Mary Dyer s father has left home in search of work, leaving his beloved racing pigeons in Mary s care - much to her mother s disapproval. During that long, hard summer there is barely enough money for bread, let alone pigeon feed, yet Mary clings to her dreams of racing glory, propelling her into ever deeper conflict with her mother.

About the Author

Ann Turnbull has always loved reading and knew from the age of ten that she wanted to be a writer. Her numerous books for young readers include No Friend of Mine, Room for a Stranger, Alice in Love and War, as well as her Quaker trilogy - No Shame, No Fear (shortlisted for the Guardian Children s Book Award and Whitbread Award) Forged in the Fire and Seeking Eden. For younger children, she has also written Greek Myths, illustrated by Sarah Young. Ann lives in Madeley, near Telford, Shropshire.